Kage: I am really sorry for it being so late! I've been re-writing this chapter over and over and I'm still not completely satisfied but this'll have to do. Also sorry for how short it is! Ack! I'm getting back on track, so hopefully things will straighten again. (if they ever were tears)
NaTsUkO-ChAn: Bingo! I won't tell you where you're right, but you are on a few of those assumptions. I'll try to update quicker and due to popular demand, the sequel will probably be posted; no name yet though. Thank you for reviewing and your patience will pay off!
IchikoKitsuneKoumori: ;;;
Amethyst-eyed Koneko: It shouldn't get that far, but poor Tsuzuki. You're also catching on, so just keep going. I love making cute scenes, even it's between a six year and 26, makes it cuter in a since, just not creepy cute. Lol The 'cure' should be explained soon and more pieces will fall into place. Thanks for your review!
CosmicEssence: Thank you, I'm trying to match personalities together correctly and not sure if it' hitting the right angle or not. I'm glad things are becoming more clear, and they should but there might be one other spot where you might be really confused until explained, but rest assure; everything will be explained. Just keep in mind, things get worse before they get better and that goes for their situation too. ;;;
Dessa: Yes and no, but it's just easy to mold Hisoka's life, plus it goes along great with story plots! Thank you for the support and have fun rping XD!
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Chapter 3(or 13): arc 2
Silence echoed through out the room as blank, surprised stares looked upon the child lying in Wakaba's lap. No one dared move and Hisoka was getting a little un easy, so he re adjusted his position on the girl's lap so he was sitting up and looked around at the men in the room. Emotions flooded him quickly, but a certain emotion hurt him. He turned towards the source just before the person spoke.
"Kurosaki, what the hell is wrong with you!? Kannuki is not your mother and you very well know that!" Hisoka cringed, turning his head towards Wakaba, burying his head in her chest. This only added to the man's anger. "Get a hold of yourself!"
"Terazuma! Knock it off! You're scaring him!" She retorted, holding the shaking child gently. Tsuzuki kneeled next to her to be eye level with the boy and began to lightly whisper calming words to him, while petting his head.
"This is ridiculous." Terazuma complained folding his arms.
"Maybe for you, but not for me. This is serious and I care about Hisoka too much for you to just prance around acting like an asshole when he clearly doesn't know what's going on and either do we! If you can't come to common sense with your anger issues, then get out of my office!" Violet eyes sharpened, before ignoring the man he'd previously been scolding and focused on the boy in front of him again.
He couldn't believe what Tsuzuki had just said to him and was about to argue back until Watari motioned him to not say a single word. Now was just not the time. Then again, Watari truthfully had no where to speak his grounds on, the man felt too guilty for everything that was going on since it started all from a simple potion he fucked up on.
Of course he never intended it to go over like this, and the white doctors' appearance didn't help anything either. He cursed himself silently. Could anything else possibly get any worse!? Wait….maybe this little turn around could help up the recovery plan. He thought logically looking down at Hisoka as Tsuzuki hovered above him.
"This seems like the longest reversion I've ever seen." He spoke aloud. "Tsuzuki, Bon might stay this way long enough for us possibly to figure a few things out." He offered and the brunet nodded only breaking eye contact with his small partner for a brief moment.
"Hey 'Soka-chan…mind if I ask you a few things?" Tsuzuki spoke in a gentle hushed tone not wanting to scare the youth. Hisoka shifted slightly, back to correctfully sitting on Wakaba's lap and nodded his head a little. Taking a deep breath, the older shinigami began with something simple. "Do you know how old you are?"
Small fingers in the boy's lap begin to move apon each other as if he was counting. "Six I think." He replies quietly.
Tsuzuki nods and continues, he couldn't help but noticed how cute the boy was counting like that but there was no time for such things now. "Do you know where you are?" The blonde shakes his head negatively. "Do you know you I am?"
There was no response, Hisoka just put his head down. As much as it hurt to ask, Tsuzuki had to know and he got the answer he was dreading. Although some hope still lifted the man. Hisoka didn't know who he was, but he seemed upset for it, as if telling himself he should know. This gave to a possibility that his and their Hisoka was still connected mentally to the six year old one. Watari caught that last detail.
"Well..for now, don't worry about it ok?" A hand ruffled blonde locks and the owners green eyes lifted and shone bright, relieved no one was mad for him not knowing. "Do you know how you got this way?"
"What way?" That didn't surprise anyone.
"Um..you're parents, where are there? Your mom, this isn't her right."
"I know, but she reminds me of my mommy…until she ran away from me." Green eyes were once again covered as he let his head fall. Tsuzuki noted this and hugged him lightly. "They left me….and hated me…" He began to sob, as Wakaba's motherly instincts once again came into play and she too worked on calming the child in her lap.
Her partner groans in protest, not buying or liking this whole situation. Anyone could tell he was jealous, of Tsuzuki or of Hisoka, was the only question. Amber eyes watched and studied from behind, trying to format a plan. More or less a theory of the situation since that's all they could go by without all the pieces. All the pieces….they're fading…and yet completely gone right now. Even Muraki…hold on, where's he in this?
"Tsuzuki, didn't he know who you were the last time he reverted?"
"In the infirmary?" Violet eyes questioned.
"No no, before that." Tsuzuki thought a minute, and nodded. "Yeah he did. He cried out to me; name specified. Why?" He pets Hisoka on the head one last time before heading over to where Watari stood. Sure he didn't get what the scientist was getting at, but he still caught the hint.
As the fuda user stood up to leave, Hisoka tried to carefully push himself off of the lap he resided on to follow him, but small hands wrap underneath both his arms and pulled him back. "Now now, let the big boy's talk, ok?" She winked down at the blonde as his gaze left her to stare after his partner and co-worker.
Outside of the office, where Watari had guided them to talk, Tsuzuki was first to comment." What's going on Watari? This can't be anything your potion could've done." He concluded.
"I have to agree on that. My potion, as we saw with you, only turns you ten years back in appearance and causes small spurts of your mental wave from that appearance to affect your current mind, or revert. Bon seems to be suffering some sort of amnesia, which I will say, is not from my potion."
"It's not a direct cause, but you know whatever's happening to him is sprouting from the potions effects Watari."
"Don't remind me." He brought a hand to his face sighing. "Listen, something dawned on me, one piece of his mind I've yet to see from a reversion or memory, one face has yet to appear."
"What do you mean?" Tsuzuki wasn't catching on in the least bit.
"Tsuzuki, you said he called out to you, but what for? It dealt with his loneliness and shunned feelings, which is what mind set he's at now. He's scared of having something repeat if you haven't noticed." A little light bulb went off in the other man's head and the blonde caught it.
"Something's covering up his memories, that's why the side we see now is different from the side we see when he reverts. I mean think about it." He began to pace feeling he was catching onto something even for himself. "He reverts to six because he looks six, now he claims he's six but if I'm not mistaken, I'm picking up too different personalities."
"This is being controlled then." Tsuzuki was shocked, and finally piecing what the scientist had said in the beginning into their conversation. He clenched his fist tightly. "Muraki."
"Exactly. I hate to say this, but it does make since. His presence in Bon's past has yet to surface as a reversion and from what happened earlier…..everything was covered and erased leaving me to believe he has something do to with this. His motives I'm still unsure of though." Watari thought holding his chin.
"It's Muraki, what reason does he actually have." He bit his lip. "I knew he did something….I should've asked Hisoka sooner, I shouldn't have let it just drop at 'I'll tell you tomorrow!'" He scolded himself dropping to the floor. The blonde ran over to comfort his friend but he knew his efforts wouldn't serve as much.
"Listen, as much as I hate to give bitter judgment you need to go after him and find out what happened."
"And what about Kurosaki?" Both men stared up surprised to see Terazuma just leaning on the wall next to the door. Had they not even noticed him there at all? Didn't matter, his question did more so. Long fingers drew his cigarette back. "As much fun as Kannuki is having in there, we can't baby sit. We have a case in less than an hour and I doubt anyone will want a whining brat running around."
"Terazuma, Bon won't-" Watari tried to protest that with Hisoka's state of mind, this stereotypical child would never roam the ministry, but Tsuzuki spoke up.
"Then I'll take him with me….." Both men stared at him stupidly. I mean seriously, that was just asking for trouble taking the problem to the source. "I won't let him out of my sight, if I have too I'll have one of my shikigami watch him with me. Besides, if Hisoka's with me, maybe I can get him changed back sooner."
As far fetched as the plan sounded, it was the best thing anyone could go off of right now. Tsuzuki had already warned all his faithful shiki of the possibility of running into Muraki, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise. For now, they all nodded as Watari waved his temporally goodbyes advising the violet eyed shinigami to leave as soon as possible.
This was of course not just for Hisoka's sake, but so Tatsumi couldn't do anything about it if they were already long gone. Agreeing, the normally arguing duo headed back into the office where they stood outside of. Peering in, Wakaba was lightly rubbing the child's back as he rested on her. Sharp senses awoke the boy to realize the man he wanted to see had re-entered. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he hoped off of the blonde's lap and made his way over to Tsuzuki.
He was by his feet now staring up, daring his own movements. Before the next second passed, two small arms reached up to the older man questioningly. Tsuzuki could only smile as he lifted the child into his arms and embraced him. He could feel small tears fall down his face but made sure to shield his emotions, especially so close to the empath. Hisoka was just happy to be near the man he missed for the short time he was conversating outside and rested on his shoulder.
Watching the pair, Wakaba was somewhat overwhelmed by what she was seeing. Her partner gently tapped her shoulder and she nodded. It was time for them to leave, the two remaining in the room had a lot to do after all.